Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
Tags: PVC, Polystyrene, vinyl chloride
Anchor Packaging, a US-based food packaging products provider, has added new Culinary Squares separate bases and lids to its Culinary Basics and Culinary Classics lines of polypropylene packages. Available in single and three-compartment ...
Tags: helps maximize performance, renewable mineral additives
AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. has announced that business manager Winn Darden will present a paper on the uses and benefits of LUMIFLON fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE) resins at the SPI 2014 Fluoropolymers Division Spring Meeting March ...
Tags: fluoropolymer resin, coatings, exceptional weatherability
Munich-based WACKER Group has adopted the motto "Discover Tomorrow's Solutions" for this year's Middle East Coatings Show (MECS), in Dubai from March 10 to 12. The company is unveiling a new dispersible polymer powder for cost-efficient, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
What is epoxy flooring? Epoxy is a thermosetting hard plastic polymer created from a combination of liquid polymer resins and a hardening agent. The two main ingredients in the creation of epoxy are the resin known as epoxide and the ...
Tags: Epoxy Flooring, Chemical Industry
BASF broke ground today on a new resin and electrocoat (e-coat) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai. With its operation scheduled to commence in the second half of 2015, the plant will help to address the increasing ...
Tags: Resin Plant, BASF
German chemical company BASF has commenced the construction of its new resin and electrocoat (e-coat) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai. This move by the company is to address demand for coatings solutions in ...
Tags: Automotive Resin, Auto Parts
Industrial packaging firm Mauser Group has introduced new plastic drum series manufactured at its recycling center in Erkelenz, Germany. The new Infinity Series of plastic drums, designed to transport hazardous goods, has been produced ...
Tags: Plastic Drum, Mauser, Packaging
Wholistic Future Finishing system maintains fiber strength with zero add-on formaldehyde First resin finishing system to meet highest consumer safety standards BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, continues to drive ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Non-Iron Solution
(Phys.org) —To say that the Joris Laarman Lab is an innovative type of group is putting it mildly. The Amsterdam place is described as "an experimental playground set up to study and shape the future. It tinkers with craftsmen, ...
Tags: 3D Printing, Printing
Airweave inc., Japan’s leading manufacturer of premium bedding toppers and pillows, announced that it has become an official supplier to multi-national Olympic delegations, which include the United States (U.S. Olympic Committee), ...
Tags: Airweave, Portable Bedding
Eco-friendly vehicles distributor Green Automotive (GAC) is set to acquire American composite materials manufacturer Blackhawk Manufacturing in an agreement. Blackhawk manufactures composite materials at its two plants in Bloomington, ...
Toray Industries, Inc. has purchased approximately 400 acres of land for its future business expansion in Spartanburg County, SC. The Japanese company said it made the investment because it expects the United States to regain its ...
European imports of polyethylene terephthalate shot up by over 30% in 2013, according to Eurostat data published this week, and market participants believe that the specter of imports continues to loom over European producers. From ...
Acrylic resins, manufactured by the polymerization of acrylates or methacrylates, find use in several applications ranging from paints and coatings to automotive and construction. Demand for acrylic resins is dependent on the health of the ...
Tags: Acrylic Resins, coating, Paints, Plastics, Adhesives